2016 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 08:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Stanford builds housing on TCE site (Palo Alto, California)
 
Stanford relocates 29 residences near University Terrace due to chemical contamination


by Shagun Khare 
Stanford Daily (CA)
July 22, 2016	

The Palo Alto City Council approved Stanford’s plan to relocate 29 residences near University Terrace — a faculty housing development close to campus — to minimize the risks of trichloroethylene (TCE), a cancer-causing chemical found in the area. The council put forth additional conditions requiring Stanford to install further protections in dozens of the homes near the site as well.

The council’s decision, which occurred over the past two weeks, follows the discovery of high levels of TCE at University Terrace last year. After Stanford submitted a risk assessment to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), several “hot spot” areas with high levels of TCE were identified. Therefore, in addition to the recommendations made by the DTSC, the Palo Alto City Council also called for about 40 homes nearest to those “hot spots” to have a depressurization, ventilation or other form of protection system installed to prevent indoor air contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/07/22/stanford-relocates-29-residences-near-university-terrace-due-to-chemical-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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